Content Tagged As health_care_law

President Barack Obama is scheduled to make an address at the White House Rose Garden, to address problems with the health care law's rollout. Since the Affordable Care Act launched a few weeks ago, the new government website, www.healthcare.gov , has been plagued with glitches and problems as people try...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the nation's two-year-old health care law, a maneuver that forced Democrats to choose between President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement and a public that is persistently skeptical of its value. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans have advanced their effort to dismantle the new health care law piece by piece by voting to disrupt the flow of funding for health insurance exchanges, an integral part of the law's goal of expanding insurance coverage.
The bill would take away the free...

President Barack Obama once told Democratic lawmakers they'd be proud to campaign on historic health care legislation. Six months later, the only Democrats running ads about it are the ones who voted "no."
Now, with crucial midterm elections approaching, the White House is preparing to use the law's six-month...

Twenty states and the nation's most influential small business lobby are about to respond to the federal government's attempt to dismiss their lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
The states, the National Federation of Independent Business and several individual taxpayers will file their response Friday. A key...

The Obama administration has made a formal response to those who argue the new health care law is an infringement on personal freedom.
In a federal court filing in Michigan, the Thomas More Law Center says the requirement that American buy health insurance represents an unprecedented government mandate on...

President Barack Obama's top health official says scam artists are taking advantage of the new insurance law to peddle phony policies. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she's writing state officials about a proliferation of scams involving the new health care law, which Obama signed March 23....

It could be a lot tougher finding a doctor in the next few years. Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country. And with the landmark health overhaul law, newly insured patients will put an extra strain on the supply. Only 30 percent of U.S....